Road accident: Six killed as van falls in ravine

GHALANAI: Six people were killed and two others injured, when a passenger van plunged into a deep ravine in Haleemzai, Mohmand Agency on Monday. Adil Khan, an official of the paramilitary troops, said the van was en route to Ghazi Baik from Mian Mandi. Four passengers were killed on the spot while four were injured. Adil said that they shifted the bodies along with the injured to the Agency Headquarters Hospital (AHQ) in Ghalani. Two of the injured were in critical conditions and died on the way to the Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar. Two others only received minor injuries were discharged.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 16^th, 2012.